 "Polling officials carrying Electronic Voting Machines (EVM), Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) and other polling materials leave for the polling stations for the upcoming Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections, in Kullu on Friday.")
“I have handed over my resignation to the governor. Will never stop working for the development of people. We need to analyse things. There were some issues that changed the direction of the results. I will go to Delhi if they call us,” said outgoing Chief Minister Jairam Thakur as he drove to Raj Bhavan to hand over his resignation on Thursday.
The Congress on Thursday wrested Himachal Pradesh from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as it crossed the majority mark of 35 seats in the 68-member Assembly. The state has not voted any incumbent government to power since 1985.
